State v. Johnson

OPINION

FOLEY, Judge.

Jon Johnson appeals his conviction for violating Minn.Stat. § 609.487, subd. 3 (1984), fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle. The court entered a certificate of conviction on October 1, 1984. Appellant moved for an acquittal or in the alternative for a new trial October 5. The trial court denied the motion on October 19. Appellant filed this appeal December 26.

FACTS

Appellant Jon Clifford Johnson, a farmer residing in Jackson county, had finished planting a field just before 1:00 a.m. on June 7, 1984. He headed north on Highway 86 through Lakefield toward his home. He…